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(pronounced Mam- ggy as in 'eggy', South-Wales word for Grandmother, meaning ‘dear mother’) Lived up the long hill from the town, half-way up the little mountain., by the cemetery – her husband had been the stonemason …

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Hawthorn

By Rhiannonw on Thu, 03 Jun 2021

White May bouquet, tumbling in the hedge, pattern delicate, exquisite: white petals, pale green centres, red anther spots, (sometimes the petals rich...

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Nearly two, character portrait

By Rhiannonw on Tue, 01 Jun 2021

Just enough hair for a tiny vertical ponytail on top of her head. Walking around the house in wellies (thinking: I can put these on myself – ready to...

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Gathered people of God

By Rhiannonw on Sun, 30 May 2021

[Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series] Last Sunday was Pentecost Sunday, regarded as the birthday of Christ Jesus’ church (‘church’ referring to the gathered people of God, not the building) Tired of godlessness and spite, longing for the place of light, …

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So sad, effectively told in

Posted on Wed, 26 Aug 2015

So sad, effectively told in its simplicity and brevity. Is it based on a number of incidents or one in particular? Rhiannon

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Very sad. I expect if you are

Posted on Wed, 26 Aug 2015

Very sad. I expect if you are waiting for a possible explanation if feels like it may solve something for you, though probably it wouldn't really make a difference to the shattering bereavement. The 'whether to have a PM or not' must be so hard,...

Posted in Post mortem results

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It's even more difficult if

Posted on Mon, 24 Aug 2015

It's even more difficult if you're talking to someone who seems to feel an obligation to continue, and doesn't pick up on the hints that you feel that you need to go, but you don't want to lie about a committment, but you can't really say, 'I've...

Posted in Loose Ends

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the action of waves, real and

Posted on Thu, 06 Aug 2015

the action of waves, real and metaphoric, haven't got my head totally around the beachcombing. The waves wash away and bring in flotsam and jetsam?
Inprints = Imprints?
Rhiannon

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the abyss of your absence

Posted on Wed, 22 Jul 2015

the abyss of your absence such a telling phrase in so many situations. Though it does reflect a good relationship that has been experienced. And for you, the shared enjoyment of the details of your surroundings, especially the nature...

Posted in Opacity of Glass

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There is a lot of lovely

Posted on Sun, 19 Jul 2015

There is a lot of lovely metaphor again here, maybe rather concentrated for taking it all in? The chorus is lovely and I liked Enticing the sun into scything the night, starry-eyed very much.
The whole rhythmic form is well worked...

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Very cleverly written. I too

Posted on Sun, 19 Jul 2015

Very cleverly written. I too like acrostic poems, but so often they do feel rather forced, but this doesn't, and the bringing in of the initial letters for each line seems very neatly done. I particularly like the lines Threatening all but...

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Hungry, alive Injured,

Posted on Sun, 05 Jul 2015

Hungry, alive Injured, survived brought to mind those feelings of many after disasters.
Exhausted, taxed drew such an unexpected lesson for perservering.
It also brought to my mind how being puffed up and...

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You have a knack of

Posted on Thu, 02 Jul 2015

You have a knack of describing your feelings. When I had to wake to my father-in-law's calls, when he was still here, I got to frequently not be able to get back to sleep, and in the end found I had to mix sometimes doing something (reading,...

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I agree with randy-johnson.

Posted on Sun, 28 Jun 2015

I agree with randy-johnson.T

The problems with Darwin's theory are far greater now than when he formed it, when he felt sure that the mechanisms would become clear. Natural selection is only the means of creatures dying out if environment...